Author Comments:

Part of the reason I've been looking forward to getting to this little episode is because it means everyone else is finally learning stuff I've taken as a given for AGES. There's actually a number of fairly important things that greatly influence how this story and these characters work, but you guys don't know about any of it 'cos I haven't found moments where I can clearly address them. For example, I've alluded to this, some times more subtlety than others, for ages but only now get to establish it as absolute fact: Layla absolutely WORSHIPED her father.

So, I as part of that excitement, I did something out of the ordinary with this comic. For the first time in, well, ever, I drew every panel separately (well, I guess there's only one "panel", but you get my drift) and pasted 'em all together for the final draft. On the one hand, it looks VERY nice. On the other, it took a LONG time to draw, and would have taken even longer if I had to worry about panels and coloring everything. So, yeah, don't expect me to do it again any time soon.. unless I do more pages with lots of empty void around everything. :D

Still, I gotta find ONE thing to complain about. Generally, I like the lack of detail on Layla's Dad. It's Layla's story, after all, so the focus should be on her. Still, I think I may have left him a little TOO blank. A the very least, I wish it looked less like Layla spent her childhood hanging out with Slenderman... Actually, no. I take that back. Little Layla chilling with Slenderman is the most awesome thing in the history of awesome.